This week, following a loud public outcry from #BothSides of the aisle (including all four living former First Ladies), President @realDonaldTrump (temporarily) ended his administration's family seperation [sic] policy via a hastily-written Executive Order.
Trump's abrupt reversal sowed a lot of confusion.
He'd spent the past few weeks (falsely) arguing that only Congress had the power to end the policy that—according to him—Democrats were to blame for; at the same time, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was busy claiming that the policy didn't even exist.
Meanwhile, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who unveiled the "zero tolerance" policy and was one of its staunchest defenders, cited the Bible as justification and said that it would serve as a deterrent to illegal immigration.
However, once Trump changed his tune, so, too, did Sessions—he now claims that it was never the administration's intention to separate families.
And yet, thousands of migrant children remain separated from their parents, held in chain-link enclosures (read: cages) around the country, and the prospects of reuniting them are not looking good.
Morning lineup:
Meet the Press: Sen. Angus King (I-ME); Sen. James Lankford (R-OK); Roundtable: Heather C. McGhee (Demos), Kasie Hunt (NBC News), Erick Erickson (Resurgent) & Stephen Hayes (Weekly Standard).
Face The Nation: Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN); Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD); Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH); Roundtable: Shannon Pettypiece (Bloomberg News), Paul Reid (CBS News), Ed O'Keefe (CBS News) & Leslie Sanchez (CBS News).
This Week: Former Trump Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert; Roundtable: TBA.
Fox News Sunday: Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX); Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson; Roundtable: Rich Lowry (National Review), Former US Attorney Andrew McCarthy, Former Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD) & Juan Williams (Fox News).
State of the Union: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT); Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI); Roundtable: Republican Strategist David Urban, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), Former Commerce Secretary Carlos Guiterrez & Neera Tanden (Center for American Progress).
Evening lineup:
60 Minutes will feature: a report on the desperation that leads migrants from Mexico, Central and South America to make the harrowing—sometimes fatal—journey to the United States (preview); an interview with California Gov. Jerry Brown (preview); and, a report on the isle of Eigg (preview).
Late night shows:
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Monday: Actress Jessica Chastain; Comedian Romesh Ranganathan; Comedian Scott Rogowsky.
Tuesday: Actor Hugh Grant; NBA Player Kyrie Irving; Republican Strategist/Author Margaret Hoover.
Wednesday: Actor Paul Rudd; Actor Ken Jeong; Rock Band Florence + the Machine;.
Thursday: Documentary Filmmaker Michael Moore; Comedians Eric Andre & Derrick Beckles; Chemist Kate Biberdorf, PhD.
Friday: TBA.
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Monday: Promoter J. Prince; Tuesday: Co-Authors Bill Clinton & James Patterson; Wednesday: Transgender Rights Activist Janet Mock; Thursday: Writer Darnell Moore.
Elsewhere...
Corey Lewandowski was dropped his speakers bureau following his "womp, womp" comment.
Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski was dropped from his speakers bureau after he refused to apologize for mocking a story about a 10-year-old girl with Down syndrome who was separated from her family at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Leading Authorities Inc. cut ties with Lewandowski on Wednesday, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.
Lewandowski drew considerable backlash after his Tuesday appearance on Fox News, when former Zac Petkanas, a former rapid response director for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's campaign, discussed a Wall Street Journal report about a child with Down syndrome being separated from her parents. Lewandowski dismissed the story by saying, "Womp, womp."
When asked the next day on Fox News if he wanted to apologize, Lewandowski responded with: "An apology? I owe an apology to the children whose parents are putting them in a position that is forcing them to be separated?"
Meanwhile...
Laura Ingraham lost yet another advertiser after likening migrant child detention facilities to summer camps.
InterActiveCorp., a media and internet company, has pulled its advertising from Laura Ingraham's Fox News program following comments made by the host referring to child migrant detention centers as "essentially summer camps," according to a report.
Politico reports that IAC decided to remove ads from two companies it represents — HomeAdvisor and Angie's List – from the highly rated prime-time show.
The removal of the ads comes following Ingraham's comments on an article in The San Diego Union-Tribune which referred to a facility for unaccompanied children at the southern border in El Cajon, Calif. as comparable to a "boarding school" noting that there were "classrooms, a play area with soccer goals and a medical clinic."
Ingraham noted that report while saying the migrant centers were "essentially summer camps."
I REALLY DON'T CARE, DO U?
– Trix